The High Court in Banjul on Tuesday adjourned the trial of the former junta member and one-time minister, Yankuba Touray for address after both the prosecution and defence finally closed their case after a year of extensive marathon hearing.
The trial judge, justice Ebrima Jaiteh who has been presiding over the case for a year now gave twenty-one days to both parties to file their written brief before adjourning the matter to June 14 for adoption of briefs.
Mr Touray is being tried on a criminal charge of murder since June 2019 following his appearance and refusal to testify before the truth commission to explain the mysterious circumstance surrounding the death of his late cabinet colleague, Ousman ‘koro’ Ceesay who prosecutors say was killed at Touray’s residence at Kololi in June 1995.
Several junta members were alleged to have participated in the murder including Edward Singhatey and Peter Singhatey but Touray is now facing criminal charges he vehemently denies since the commencement of the trial alone.
So far during the main trial, the prosecution presented nine witnesses before declaring the closure of their case while the defence called three witnesses including Mr Touray himself.
if found guilty Mr Touray will be sentenced to death or life imprisonment and since his arrest in June 2019, he has been detained at the state central prison at mile 2.
